Pc Tv Tuner - Digital

[mlaser]

Hey all

 

As some of you know i just moved to south australia and recently moved into my new unit. After setting everything up i thought i would chill out and watch some TV to find that with my old dodgy indoor aerial that i get barely any reception, can get channel 10 but not in colour. I went and bought another aerial one from bigW which was an amplified aerial so now i can get channel 10 in colour not great reception but bareable, but no other channels.

 

So i was thinking of getting a set top box to which i found that majority of them are around the 130 and upwards mark (i didnt do a great deal of searching - no wheels no options). So i was considering buying a Digital TV Tuner, specifically the Leadtek DTV1000 which is around 80 - 100 bucks. My question is, is it worth while? i don't have a VCR and figured if i got a pci tv tuner atleast i can record programs and if i want to watch it on the TV i can simply use the video and audio out. I've been told that digital can be good for places that get crappy analogue reception and i can't stand only having channel 10 as thursday late night is a great channel 7 night (family guy, american dad, scrubs) So yeah anyone with Digital TV tuner experience give me your 2c worth please.

 

Cheers

[woteva]

I have a digital tuner and it is good, it is not a computer card though.

 

I live in the suburbs of Adelaide, You are at Gawler aren't you?

Don't know what digital reception is like at Gawler.

 

I have heard that digital tuners don't like the signal to be too strong, so your boosted aerial may not be suitable.

 

This site has some good info about digital: http://www.dba.org.au/

 

If you buy your card from Dick Smith and it is not suitable for your area you have 7 days to return it.

 

Hope this has been of some help.

 

A.

[StephenD]

Once they brought in Digital in Brisbane, our reception went to shit.

 

We had a booster box and as soon as we unplugged it, our free TV came back perfect.

 

That is really wierd Nick.

We have a booster on our aerial and a digi set top and have perfect reception across all free to air stations and the extra stations that a digi set top offers.

Without the booster our reception isn't that great.